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specter

(= ghost, spectre) a mental representation of some haunting experience he looked like he had seen a ghost it aroused specters from his past (= apparition) a ghostly appearing figure we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us

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Because if I did not my nights would be haunted by the specter of a man expiating, under the most frightful torture, a crime he never committed.
Spirit of the Future, I fear you more than any other specter that I've seen.
Yes, I thought I saw a specter at your shoulder.
The specter of defeat.
It's your specter against mine, huh?
I knew the specter, when satiated, would return to its grave.
It was a shadow, a specter, that haunts us all.
Probably what Dersu called the tiger. was the specter of his fear of the forest. conjured by the imagination. of a man grown old.
The commander's name is Specter, I believe.
Report, Specter.
You have a wonderful opportunity here, Specter.
This Specter seems to have done rather well.
Why do you bother, Specter?
Do you think me a fool, Specter?
He may even allude to the specter of judicial error.
What do you mean? -The specter of defeat.
This Specter seems to have done rather well. - for an early model. - Hmm.
Specter will contact us if he has anything to report.
I have discovered that Specter has ordered more laser pumps and petro than any other garrison.
Lucifer, do you wish me to believe that Specter would submit false reports?
You don't want me to get near your specter, huh?
More than any specter I've seen.
Specter.
Have you or any of your family ever seen a spook, specter or ghost?
Spirit, I fear you more than any specter I have yet met.
I got an air conditioning repair for. Dr. Specter? -Sure.
I have to repair an air-conditioning unit for Dr. Specter.
This says Dr. Specter's office.
Oh! Moxley, Specter. What's the difference?
I've got an air-conditioning repair for, uh, Dr. Specter.
Please detain a worker with paperwork for Dr. Specter.
Does my withered face remind you of the grim specter of death?
Sightless specter of the macabre.
Over the course of these years, haunted by the specter of fascism, Concorde square was the stage for violent unrest.

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The specter of a nuclear Iran haunts Arabs and Israelis alike, but it is the United States and Israel that are the driving force behind efforts to curtail Iran's nuclear ambitions.
But, now that the specter of global communist domination has joined other fears - real and imagined - in the dustbin of history, it is surely time for countries to start handling their own affairs.
Finally, and perhaps most importantly, there is Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter's compromise proposal.
A specter is haunting us again; this time it is the dream of truly democratizing capitalism.
LONDON - Europe is now haunted by the specter of debt.
But statesmen who aim to liquidate the debt should recall another famous specter - the specter of revolution.
The solemn Communist Manifesto announced the specter of the Great Utopia haunting Europe, but failed to warn us of the bloody tyranny.
Equally disturbing has been the continuing reluctance of international leaders to provide new financial commitments to Ukraine, despite growing pressure on its foreign-currency reserves and the specter of a full-blown financial meltdown.
Exacerbating all this is the specter of federalism which haunts governments from London to Copenhagen.
Restoring robust growth is difficult enough without the ever-present specter of deleveraging and a severe shortage of policy ammunition.
In the absence of exchange-rate depreciation, the adjustment process will depress wages and prices, raising the specter of deflation.
The eurozone faces the specter of another round of stagnation; Japan has slipped into recession; and the United States, despite relatively strong performance in the latter part of 2014, has raised concerns worldwide with its exit from quantitative easing.
Third, in the advanced economies, the hit to wealth, and even more so the specter of another Great Depression, has led people and firms to curtail spending sharply.
In 2006, the capture of Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, by the Islamic Courts raised the specter of a jihadist state.
With the specter of strategic disequilibrium looming large in Asia, investments to help build geopolitical stability have become imperative.
These efforts - in the world's most economically dynamic region, where the specter of a power imbalance looms large - also have been underscored by the Obama administration's new strategic guidance for the Pentagon.
The recent fighting in Macedonia, which left eight police officers and 14 Albanian militants dead, raises the specter of renewed violence.
TOKYO - A specter is haunting China's exchange-rate regime: the long-running dispute between the United States and Japan throughout the 1980's and early 1990's over the value of the yen.
Go to Seoul or Brasilia, and you will hear complaints about the US Federal Reserve's hyper-expansionary monetary policies, which are leaving emerging markets awash in hot money and raising the specter of asset bubbles.
And, more fundamentally, if a lack of structural reforms leads to permanent divergence within the monetary union, this raises the specter of exit - from which all members ultimately suffer.
With Russian-backed separatists - and maybe even Russian troops - battling government forces in Ukraine, the specter of war is once again stalking the continent.
TEL AVIV - Israel's concern about the specter of a nuclear Iran has now degenerated into a crisis of confidence concerning the United States.
By signaling that the present China-North Korea border may not be final, Beijing has raised the specter of potential tensions over frontiers in the future.
NEW DELHI - At a time when Asia is in transition, with the specter of a power imbalance looming large, it has become imperative to invest in institutionalized cooperation to reinforce the region's strategic stability.
With contraction and Euro appreciation comes the specter of falling prices, with which Europe is already flirting.

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